Deserves wider distribution

Rating: 10/10 (27 January 2006)

I would never have seen "1900" if I had not been in Mexico when it was showing. It was so different from the usual Hollywood movies and resonated for me as my Italian family arrived in New York in the year 1900. The opening scene of the Statue of Liberty must have been my Grandparents first impression of the new world. While I am a Canadian and they were on their way to Vancouver BC it was deeply moving. It's a shame that movies of this calibre don't get wider distribution in Canada and the USA.
The story is a fantasy but grounded on a legitimate supposition:"what would happen to a foundling raised at sea on a luxury liner built at the turn of the century?"
The humour and pathos that attach to the one dimensional character that grows to manhood is original,entertaining and provoking.